what's your opinion about it???
for me almost all of them are fakes...i hate it
they encourage the gang culture and ignorance about being a human,a biological entity that must respect each other, we are not wolves...
here in portugal its a plague...

I have no opinion on the hip hop culture. I like some styles of rap, like chopped'n screwed - there are some really crazy artists, that create some really wierd/twisted beats and absolutely insane lyrics.

i don't like listening to that babbling in music,
but i know that there is a small part of hip-hop dudes which is cool, friendly and so on, and they do their kind of underground thing, in that way as we do ... of course it's a very small group , hip hop has the characteristic to get the attention from masses of people, i think that's the problem for the few freax in that genre ^^

from me, I may add that I sometimes leave TV on that MTV chanell that transmits Hip-Hop but turn off the sound.... hehehehe it goes freaky & nice with psy trance, especialy when I have noting else to do

I'm really not into hip hop culture but there are artists that i like alot, like Public Enemy, Cypress hill, Dizzee Rascal, Eminem (even if it's pop ), Puppet Mastaz and some of Snoop dogg's songs are really good too.

but I'm still a huge fan of Roi Heenok (hahaha! Yves, do you know him? a weird guy from Montreal, "t'entends?" )

I agree with Faxinadu. Look at empty mtv at your own risk.
What's about arses, bling bling, crack and gangsta slang?
Open your eyes, those 50 cents slim shadies are *fake*
maybe the most fake people in music scene. I may add
that these productions are far away to any musician's ears

how could they think that someone who studied music for
at least one year can appreciate their babblings ???

I just speak about the so-called stars ... FAKE guys created
by majors for dumb chicks! They are billionaires who want
to appear as gangsters ... silly as their agenda:

Ofcourse what you see on Mtv is the most commercial radio friendly
stuff there is. For psy it would be Infected and Co. They are the one
you see on mtv..

And you have to remember, there is actually a culture behind the
hiphop. Many grow up with very little money, education, parents, etc..
And rap music is a solution out of the misery, sure they play on the
gangsta image and style. But its authentic, its a fight for survival.
And the strongrst/smartest survive..

Then you can just imagine the amount you can earn on the streets. I
have great respect for all music artists, and I know Snoop is not a
stupid guy, more the opposite! And most hiphop artists artists have
started on the streets, and built themselves up. Using their skills.

And who need to study music ?? I know most rap and most psy artists
have never gone to any sound school (maybe not much school at all).
Doesnt make you stupid at all. You have your own perspective on
life/sound/whatever. Ofcourse its nice to study something you like,
but you really dont HAVE to..